Malaysia’s MyKad ID card to get upgraded security
Malaysia’s MyKad ID system will see a new version with enhanced security features, as a senior official comments on the…
Year: 2025
Italy: Nearly 100,000 ID scans from hotel guests found on dark web
Italian authorities have discovered that a malicious actor has obtained tens of thousands of high-resolution scans of passports, ID cards…
World partners to deploy biometric orbs in Japan
World continues its worldwide expansion. Japan’s Medirom Healthcare Technologies, through a collaboration with Hakuhodo Inc., is joining forces with the biometric…
Why retail needs biometrics – the cameras aren’t working
By Professor Fraser Sampson, former UK Biometrics & Surveillance Camera Commissioner According to the Economist shoplifting has octupled in a decade,…
Biometric borders and business make strange bedfellows
Biometrics are the foundation for tools to enforce borders, both physical and digital, but controversy comes with immigration and age…
Biometric Update Podcast: Socure’s Rivka Little says age assurance should unlock growth
As Socure expands its RiskOS platform to offer a suite of age assurance tools, the Biometric Update Podcast connects with…
Digital identity and data management acquisitions continue with BeyondID, OnID deals
Businesses and governments are coming to terms with the key role of digital identity in cybersecurity, and their technology providers…
BioID detects all biometric spoof attacks in Level C PAD test by TÜVIT
A test of highly sophisticated biometric spoof attacks holds good news for BioID, which claims to be first in the…
US Treasury sanctions Iranian firm over hijab biometric surveillance system
The U.S. Treasury has sanctioned an Iranian software company that developed the facial recognition surveillance tools used by Iranian authorities…
Mississippi age assurance law can stand while NetChoice pursues litigation
The U.S. Supreme Court says Mississippi’s age assurance law for social media can stand while Big Tech lobby group NetChoice…
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